Human evolution and osteoporosis-related spinal fractures.

The field of evolutionary medicine examines the possibility that some diseases are the result of trade-offs made in human evolution. Spinal fractures are the most common osteoporosis-related fracture in humans, but are not observed in apes, even in cases of severe osteopenia. In humans, the developm...

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Auteurs principaux: Meghan M Cotter, David A Loomis, Scott W Simpson, Bruce Latimer, Christopher J Hernandez
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Langue:EN
Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/0333f72248274073b99b566c678aa8f6
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